I discovered this forum several years ago, shortly after I purchased my hangar (http://www.d-wx.com/hangar) at HBZ (Heber Springs AR). Hangar was dark, dirty and floor was badly stained. I wanted to learn more about floor coatings. I have since cleaned up the hangar and upgraded the lighting. Haven’t gotten around to doing the floor.
The lighting made a huge difference. I installed high-efficiency fluorescent fixtures. It changed the entire look and feel of the hangar.
I recently epoxied the floor at my office (http://www.trenchsafety.com) in Memphis. We have a lot of guests in our facility, in particular, at safety training classes. My philosophy has been that the warehouse and yard were an extension of our offices and showroom. We kept the warehouse clean and neat, but it always looked dingy because of the concrete floor. Epoxying the floor really made a difference, as you can see from these pictures.
We paid an industrial floor coating contractor to do the work. Cost was about $5,000 for approximately 1,600 sq. ft., as I recall. There were a few issues. For example, we had a cold-snap shortly after the floor was installed. Topcoat wasn’t fully dry when someone walked on the floor. Left footprints. There were also several “fisheyes” which I am told were the result of oil stains deep in the concrete. Contractor addressed them all. Floor has held up well.
Next step may be to do the garage floor in my house in Memphis. Then the hangar.
I’d love to see some pictures of other hangars.
P. S. Since I took the hangar pictures, I’ve bought a plane. (http://www.d-wx.com/n524bt). The twin Beech in the first pictures was a renter.
The lighting made a huge difference. I installed high-efficiency fluorescent fixtures. It changed the entire look and feel of the hangar.
I recently epoxied the floor at my office (http://www.trenchsafety.com) in Memphis. We have a lot of guests in our facility, in particular, at safety training classes. My philosophy has been that the warehouse and yard were an extension of our offices and showroom. We kept the warehouse clean and neat, but it always looked dingy because of the concrete floor. Epoxying the floor really made a difference, as you can see from these pictures.
We paid an industrial floor coating contractor to do the work. Cost was about $5,000 for approximately 1,600 sq. ft., as I recall. There were a few issues. For example, we had a cold-snap shortly after the floor was installed. Topcoat wasn’t fully dry when someone walked on the floor. Left footprints. There were also several “fisheyes” which I am told were the result of oil stains deep in the concrete. Contractor addressed them all. Floor has held up well.
Next step may be to do the garage floor in my house in Memphis. Then the hangar.
I’d love to see some pictures of other hangars.
P. S. Since I took the hangar pictures, I’ve bought a plane. (http://www.d-wx.com/n524bt). The twin Beech in the first pictures was a renter.
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